To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.

No one can obtain felicity by pursuit. This explains why one of the elements of being happy is the feeling that a debt of…

— Josef Pieper

I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent…

— Donald Miller

It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,. to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits…

— George Washington

WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His…

— George Washington

I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as…

— David Graeber

Actually, when I look at my old notebooks, I think I have been a bit self-indulgent and have given myself too much time to…

— Natalie Goldberg

Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the…

— Chogyam Trungpa

When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of…

— Austin Farrer

We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.

— Susan Maushart

Conservative feminism is such an artificial term that doesn't mean much to me. For me conservatism means accepting reality. I acknowledge that there are…

— Kristina Schroder

You can't go into games with any fear. You can acknowledge a good team but you can't go in worrying.

— Reece James

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

— William Jennings Bryan

The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of…

— Anonymous

I'm a Christian because Christianity names and addresses sin. It acknowledges the reality that the evil we observe in the world is also present…

— Rachel Held Evans

Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final…

— Frank B. Wilderson III